Better Than Reality TV, This Is the Real Deal

What do you get when you mix the reality shows, The Amazing Race, Extreme Makeover, and Survivor? You get Jeff and Beth Alts very real adventure across the Sierra Nevada.

(PRWEB) September 22, 2005 -- Why settle for a reality show when you get the real deal? If you combine The Amazing Race, Extreme Makeover, and Survivor, you get Jeff and Beth Alt's very real adventure across the Sierra Nevada. Jeff Alt will entertain and inspire you with witty humor and inspirational stories of his trek along the John Muir Trail with his wife, Beth.

To help overcome a family tragedy, Jeff convinced his wife Beth, to chuck her domesticated idea of a vacation and walk with him across some of the most rugged terrain in the United states for the better part of a month - and for a cause. Unknowingly, their journey turned out to be much more than a walk for a cause.

Jeff and Beth are available for interviews or to help you create a feature story.

Jeff Alt, author of the award-winning books A Walk For Sunshine and A Hike For Mike, can tell the most amazing adventure stories of taking his marriage into the woods intertwined with the inspirational aspect of being moved along on their journey for a very timely cause.

Jeff can amaze your audience with hilarious, adventurous, and frightening stories of:

* What do you get when a marathon runner marries a long distance hiker? An extreme honeymoon of 18 mile runs and bear infested wilderness adventure.

* How Beth made an extreme makeover trading in her lipstick for Chap Stick, hot showers for cold glacial lake dips, and a cozy bed for a sleeping bag on the ground.

* Running from lightening bolts off the top of a mountain.

* How Beth was led to believe that she would get to swim in the plethora of lakes along the journey only to find the lakes were cold enough to chill beer.

* How Beth's surprising food consumption forced the couple to catch fish to supplement waning supplies.

* Meeting a frightening character high up in the mountains.

* How Beth's survival instincts kicked in as she managed to swindle another hiker out of the most prized commodity in the woods-toilet paper.

Jeff will reveal insights they gained from their journey such as:

* Discovering each other's strengths and weaknesses and how it helped their relationship.

* Realizing the beneficial aspects of taking their relationship into the woods away from hectic schedules to focus on their core selves.

Jeff can share inspiring stories of:

* How their journey inspired a Hike to the US Capitol" to help raise awareness for depression.

* How thousands across the country supported their journey for depression awareness. Their journey was featured in the Chicago Tribune's syndicated Q-Health (No good Reason To Keep Quiet About Depression, Bob Condor, July 2003).

* How they dealt with the grief of losing a brother-in-law to suicide in a positive way by walking the John Muir Trail.

Jeff Alt excels at combining worthy causes with outdoor adventures. He walked the Appalachian Trail to raise money for a home for the disabled, inspiring an annual event that has raised more than $100,000 to date. This walk is featured in Alt's award-winning book, A Walk for Sunshine, now in its fifth printing. Alt has been an expert hiking commentator for ESPN's Inside America's National Parks, and his adventures have been widely featured in media across the country. For more about Jeff Alt see: http://www.awalkforsunshine.com/jeffaltmedia.htm

Jeff's latest adventure can be found in his new book A Hike For Mike: An Uplifting Adventure Across the Sierra Nevada For Depression Awareness" ($14.95, ISBN 0967948215). Just released, September 2005. For more information: http://www.awalkforsunshine.com/AHikeForMikemedia.htm

A Hike For Mike placed as an award-winning finalist in the USA Book News "Best Books 2005" travel essay category. For details see http://www.usabooknews.com

...Alt...makes one feel like a participant rather than an observer..."-Library Journal

...What happens when a marathon runner marries a hiker? In Jeff Alt's case, you get what NBC might dub Xtreme Honeymoon...the couple walked some of the most...rugged trails in America...Along the way, they kept a travel log of their close calls with marauding bears, lightening bolts, and other hikers..." - Cincinnati Magazine

...Give him an afternoon and he could write a book on the art of hiking..." -ESPN-2 Inside America's National Park

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